The Finances and Operations of Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations in 2001 and 2002

Highlights and Executive Summary

Performing Arts Research Coalition, Ronald Kushner and Thomas H. Pollak

July 2003, 12 pages. Performing Arts Research Coalition, c/o OPERA America, 1156 15th St, NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC, 20005-1704, 202-293-4466 x214, parc@operaamerica.org

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This booklet is an executive summary of PARC's research on financial health of more than 700 professional nonprofit performing arts organizations in 2001-2002. The data was solicited directly from the organizations, rather than taken from IRS or Economic Census records, providing a more detailed and inclusive picture.